My Poker Journal

Goals from today:
Contract Work:
2 work bouts
COMPLETE - smashed this

Poker:
1 work bout, stretch goal would be 2 bouts and/or 400 - 1000 hands
COMPLETE - no stretch goal, finished 3 flops today, 9/15 flops complete. 5 of the remaining will prob take longer

Exercise:
PT exercises and cold bath, meditate or wim hof
FAILED - only did PT exercises

insurance stuff maybe, christmas stuff maybe
COMPLETE - did extra chores today

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
FAILED - about to eat at 10:30p

Goals for tmo:
Contract Work:
1 work bout

Poker:
1 work bout, stretch goal would be 2 bouts and/or 400 - 1000 hands

Exercise:
PT

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p

Goals from yesterday (friday):
Contract Work:
1 work bout
COMPLETE

Poker:
1 work bout, stretch goal would be 2 bouts and/or 400 - 1000 hands
COMPLETE - played short 1.5 hour live session of 2/5/10, played quite well

Exercise:
PT
COMPLETE

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
FAILED - left poker room a lil late

Goals from today:
spend time with fam and friends

Goals for tmo:
Poker:
1-2 work bouts, online session (will recap at end if hit weekly goal)

Exercise:
PT exercises, sauna blanket?, wim hof?

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p

gl op

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Goals from today:
Poker:
1-2 work bouts, online session (will recap at end if hit weekly goal)
COMPLETE 1 bout, 1.5 hour session

Exercise:
PT exercises, sauna blanket?, wim hof?
COMPLETE

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
COMPLETE

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Goals from this week:
Michael Lukich's approach to studying with a solver
Minimum Goal: 7 flops
Target: 15 flops
Outrageous: 15 flops, reflect on process, structure new process, start new process, 5k hands

MINIMUM COMPLETE
12/15 flops complete
~1500 hands
After starting i underestimated how long it takes to study single flop but I could have reached my target with a lil more effort.

Goals for next week:
After a week of heavier studying, I'll switch over to more playing. I'll start with a week of live poker since I haven't played since surgery.

Minimum: 13 hours
Target: 20 hours + 3 remaining flops
Outrageous: 30 hours + 3 remaining flops

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Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 work bouts

Poker:
Poker podcast, maybe 1 flop analysis - won't have time for live cuz of improv in city

Exercise:
PT Exercises, sauna blanket?

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
COMPLETE

Goals from today:
Contract work:
2 work bouts
COMPLETE - treacherous day for focus but pulled thru in the end. As in I am finishing work at 11pm rn. Getting better at completing goals despite mental resistance near end of day.

Poker:
Poker podcast, maybe 1 flop analysis - won't have time for live cuz of improv in city
FAILED, listened to dif podcast

Exercise:
PT Exercises, sauna blanket?
COMPLETE - just PT exercises

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
FAILED - staying up to finish work, food goal reached tho.

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 work bouts, may have to work a bit longer due to tech issues today :/

Poker:
have work dinner in city so best I can hope for is some flop analysis. Table time will be coming from wed - sun

Exercise:
PT appt

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p

side note - maybe try a pod or speech to text at the end of this week to capture where my head is at

Goals from today:
Contract work:
2 work bouts
COMPLETE - focus sucked first session tho

Poker:
1 hour of live play 5/10/25, got stacked. Will move back down to 2/5 or 5/10 for a bit. in hindsight prob not a lineup and mental state i wanna take a shot at/in

Exercise:
PT appt
COMPLETE

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
COMPLETE

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 work bouts
- work at lib

Poker:
get some table time in

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p

Goals from today:
Today was AMAZING

Contract work:
2 work bouts
COMPLETE - two high quality bouts, each was an extra 30 mins cuz task wasn't completed yet. happy i stuck it out

Poker:
get some table time in
COMPLETE - (3.5 hours of 5/5/10 and 5/5/10/20) played maybe the best day of my life. Folded a boat correctly.
Board was 9c 8s 2h 4h 4d. I had 88 and villain had 99. I used his personality type (like GTO, gambler, or omc), how often that line is bluffed, raise sizing tells, and live tells. The flop was 4-ways which helped. Very proud of myself as I usually tilt toward spewey instead of nitty.

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional
SEMI-COMPLETE did PT but nothing additional

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
FAILED - ate around 10:15p after back from casino

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 work bouts

Poker:
get some table time in

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p

Goals from today:
Contract work:
2 work bouts
COMPLETE - one way high quality, other was meh cuz of meetings n stuff

Poker:
get some table time in
COMPLETE - got 4.25 hours in at 2/5. Very pleased with amount of time given I had to work longer. Played okay, a couple of times i noticed i was thinking about the wrong things or just not paying attention. Also made a questionable overbet bluff that i got stacked on. I think the play is at least OKAY or slightly bad. I wanna run some sims to get a better idea of the spot.

Here's the hand

~1k effective 2/5
Villian EP Limp (solid player, i've literally never seen him limp before - fun fact he was debatably the best pokemon player in the world at one point)

CO Limp

Mega fish on BTN raises 35
Hero SB TcTs 3-bet 150 (goal is to iso fish and play big pot with him, i didn't notice EP limped)

Villian EP call 150
Rest fold

AQ2fd board (Pot 335)
I bet 100 (range bet)
Villian call

Turn offsuit 2 (Pot 535)
I jam 750
Villian tank call and shows AKo

My concern is that I woulda been jamming with too many bluffs and into too strong of a range.

I'll maybe do an update of my conclusion of the spot later

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional
COMPLETE - did PT and cold bath

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
COMPLETE - tiny bit late tho

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
1 bout

Poker:
lil bit of table time in

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional

pickup ugly sweater

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p

Goals from today:
Contract work:
1 bout
COMPLETE

Poker:
lil bit of table time in
COMPLETE - played an hour of 5/5/10 and I played pretty bad.
I made a very bad play jamming into an overbet with a midflush. Got lucky and the guy folded a better flush than me cuz he thought I had a boat. I have a mental leak where I rush decisions to not give off bet timing tells, but I think having a higher quality decision is prob more important.

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional
COMPLETE

pickup ugly sweater
COMPLETE - had to go to 5 different stores lol

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
FAILED - was out with friends

Goals for tmo:
Poker:
I have 10 hours of table time left for this weekend. Try for 5-7 tmo.
Maybe do some flops??

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p

Goals from today:
Poker:
I have 10 hours of table time left for this weekend. Try for 5-7 tmo.
COMPLETE - 7.5 hours of 2/5. I played basically the most I could in the day

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional
COMPLETE - PT, cold plunge, and wim hof breathwork

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
COMPLETE

Goals for tmo:
Poker:
2.5 hours of table time
flop analysis if i have time
reflect on week

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
COMPLETE

Goals from today:
Poker:
2.5 hours of table time
flop analysis if i have time
FAILED I woke up very sick so took the day off, just watched poker vids

Exercise:
PT exercises, + something additional
SEMI-COMPLETE - did PT exercises

Electronics off around 10p
No food after 9:30p
FAILED - e off at 10:30p

Goals from this week:

Minimum: 13 hours
Target: 20 hours + 3 remaining flops
Outrageous: 30 hours + 3 remaining flops
MINIMUM COMPLETE - 17.5/20 hours, 0/3 flops

Very satisfied with my work this week. I would have hit 20 hours easily if I weren't sick today. I think moving forward I'll exclude the missed goals from the previous week. (ie not target for the 3 flops I missed last week). I should put it in my stretch/outrageous goal but not in my target. This'll help me focus on this weeks goal. In the future, I think I might had hand analysis to my goals when doing a week of playing.

Goals for next week:
Spend time with fam 😀 and do whatever I feel like

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 work bouts

Poker:
whatever i'm feelin

Exercise:
PT + something additional

Electronics of at 10 or 10:30p

Goals for today:
Contract work:
2 work bouts
NOT COMPLETE - only needed to do 1

Poker:
whatever i'm feelin
lil table time and vids

Exercise:
PT + something additional
Just did PT

Electronics of at 10 or 10:30p
had soccer thing so just got home

NO LOG REQUIRED FOR TMO AND CHRISTMAS

This will be a lighter work week. I've been sick for over a week now. I'm still recovering but still want to work. I don't have a large sample at a specific online stake so I'll work toward that. I'll start with 25z on ignition. I think starting with a softer field will help with confidence.

Goals for this week:
This week I want to 2 table 25z on ignition.

Minimum: 13 hours
Target: 20 hours (~7k hands)
Stretch: 25 hours + review each session

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
1 or 2 work bouts

Poker:
1-4 hours of table time

Exercise:
PT appt

Electronics off 10:00p
No food after 10:00p

Goals from today:
Contract work:
1 - 2 work bouts
COMPLETE - 1 work bout

Poker:
1-4 hours of table time
COMPLETE - 2.2 hours played, had so much fun because I'm now playing extremely exploitative on anonymous zone
Got stacked in a wierd spot tho.

.10/.25 Ignition Zone 200bb effective
LJ Limp 1bb
HJ Limp 1bb
Hero BTN AA Raise 5bb
LJ Call
HJ Call

Flop (16bb)
Qc 6s 3d
LJ Check
HJ Jam 200bb
I'm like wtf. Not happy about it but I feel like I have to call
Hero Call
LJ fold
HJ shows 33.

Idk if I can make an argument for folding since there are little to no draws, but then I'm only calling with QQ.

Exercise:
PT appt
COMPLETE

Electronics off 10:00p
No food after 10:00p
FAILED - Electronics off at 10:45p. Note that playing poker and contract work trumps electronics off rule. I did pass the grace period tho.

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
1 work bouts

Poker:
1-4 hours of table time

Exercise:
PT exercises + sauna blanket or other extra exercise

Electronics off 10:00p or 10:30p
No food after 10:00p

Goals from yesterday:
Contract work:
1 work bout
FAILED - didn't need to do any work tho

Poker:
1-4 hours of table time
COMPLETE 1 hour and 45 mins of table time

Exercise:
PT exercises + sauna blanket or other extra exercise
SEMI-COMPLETE - did sauna blanket and cold bath, not PT exercises tho

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
1 work bout

Poker:
1-4 hours of table tem

Exercise:
PT exercises

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest

Goals from today:
Very slow start to the day, binging reddit for first 2-3 hours. I crushed the rest of the day tho. Even setup my expense tracking and counted all my assets for the start of 2025.

Contract work:
1 work bout
COMPLETE - high quality bout for 1 hour and 40 mins

Poker:
1-4 hours of table time
COMPLETE - 2 hours of focused table time

Exercise:
PT exercises
COMPLETE - also did sauna blanket for an hour

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest
COMPLETE - around 10:45p

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
1 work bout

Poker:
1-4 hours of table time

Exercise:
PT appt

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest

Goals from today:
Contract work:
1 work bout
FAILED

Poker:
1-4 hours of table time
FAILED - 30 mins of table time, was nearly falling asleep. I think NYE is catching up w me a bit

Exercise:
PT appt
COMPLETE

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest
COMPLETE - 10:40p

Goals for tmo:
Go to library and do two work bouts
prob 1.5 hours each playing poker

Exercise:
Do some form of exercise after getting back from the library

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest
Write the time I finish my journal at

Goals from today:
Go to library and do two work bouts
prob 1.5 hours each playing poker
COMPLETE - played 3 hours and 40 mins today

Exercise:
Do some form of exercise after getting back from the library
COMPLETE - did PT exercises and sauna blanket

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest
Write the time I finish my journal at
COMPLETE - electronics off at 10:00p and journal done at 10:50p

Goals for tmo:
Going to the library seems to have a large impact on my satisfaction for the day. I assume this is for two reasons. It's much easier to get high quality work bouts done and it gets me out of the house for a bit. I'll write up a weekly goal for going to the library.

Poker:
Go to library and do two work bouts
Write up next week's goals.

I'm at 12 hours of online play for this week. My minimum goal is 13 hours and my target is 20 hours. In hindsight, since I wanted this to be a more laid back week, I shoulda reduced my target.

Exercise:
PT exercises

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest
Write the time I finish my journal at

Goals from today:
Poker:
Go to library and do two work bouts
COMPLETE - 4 hours of table time today
Write up next week's goals.

Exercise:
PT exercises
COMPLETE

Electronics off at 10:00p goal, 10:45 at the latest
Write the time I finish my journal at
FAILED - 11:45p

Goals from this week:
Two tabling 25z on ignition.

Minimum: 13 hours
Target: 20 hours (~7k hands)
Stretch: 25 hours + review each session
MINIMUM COMPLETE - I played 16 hours.
I won't have the results for a few days.

Goals for the upcoming week:
I want to do some studying this week. I'll study some of hungry horses videos so I can have a defined strategy that covers many more situations. I hope this accomplishes two things.
1. Plugs any massive leaks that I'm unaware of. ie spots where I predominantly use my intuition and could be completely off
2. Simplify my strategy and reduce the number of spots that I need to use my intuition (ie think more) so I can play more tables effectively.

I want to be able to play more hands in a day. Linus could play 8-12k hands a day. LIKE WTF HOW. If I played every waking hour in a day, I'd only get to 5.5k hands. So there's def room for growth there. I feel I can only play 2 zoom tables and confidently play well. That's something I wanna improve on.
I also would like to increase the number of hours I can play in a day. I'll likely focus on that after this week is over.

My goal will be to reach a number of hours of studying this week. I assume this will be harder than playing the same number of hours so I'll decrease it a bit.

Minimum: 10 hours - 3 Library visits
Target: 15 hours - 5 Library visits
Stretch: 20 hours - 7 Library visits

I have a strong preference of focused work bouts, so I'm using library visits as a proxy for that.

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
1 work bout - visit library

Exercise:
PT appt
Doctor appt

No poker goal for tmo since I have contract work, PT appt, a doctor appointment, and then improv class. I don't think I'll have any time to do so.

Goals from today:
Contract work:
2 bouts, visit library
COMPLETE - low quality bouts tho

I also thought of an idea for a future week where I hop from library to library for an entire day.

Poker:
1 or 2 study bouts
COMPLETE - 1 study bout for 1 hour, studying OOP SRP as aggressor

Exercise:
PT exercises
COMPLETE

Electronics off at 10:30p
COMPLETE

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 bouts, visit library

Poker:
1 or 2 study bouts

Exercise:
PT exercises
Nutritionist appt

Electronics off at 10:30p

Goals from today:
Contract work:
2 bouts, visit library
FAILED - visited library but only did one bout

Poker:
1 or 2 study bouts
SEMI-COMPLETE I did one bout for 45 mins talking about poker with friend. It wasn't super focused tho.

Exercise:
PT exercises
Nutritionist appt
SEMI-COMPLETE - forgot to do morning PT exercises

Electronics off at 10:30p
COMPLETE

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 bouts, visit library

Poker:
1 or 2 study bouts

Exercise:
PT exercises
Therapy

Electronics off at 10:30p

Goals from today:
Contract work:
2 bouts, visit library
COMPLETE - did 3 bouts since I was given extra work to do

Poker:
1 or 2 study bouts
COMPLETE - 1 bout but it was only 45 mins

Exercise:
PT exercises
Therapy
COMPLETE

Electronics off at 10:30p
FAILED - was studying til 11p

Goals for tmo:
Contract work:
2 bouts, visit library

Poker:
1 or 2 study bouts

Exercise:
PT appt

Electronics off at 10:30p

Goals from yesterday:
Contract work:
2 bouts, visit library
COMPLETE

Poker:
1 or 2 study bouts
FAILED - just played online for a bit

Exercise:
PT appt
COMPLETE

Electronics off at 10:30p
FAILED - was up til 12:30a watching stranger things w/ my sister

Goals for today:
Poker:
2 - 3 work bouts, visit library

Exercise:
PT exercises